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Interview with Lindsay Gruber: Building Corporate Resilience through Pro Bono Volunteerism

Saleforce Nonprofit

The need for services is skyrocketing while sources of funding and resources are being hit. When that happened, it became clear that the same skills were universally applicable, and the value in offering those skills became clear. It is a gift of empowerment to nonprofits, volunteers, and the communities around us.

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Empowering Refugees: Interview with Kjerstin Erickson of FORGE

Have Fun - Do Good

After meeting her at the Global Engagement Summer last spring, I knew I wanted to grab her for an interview before she became too famous. Erickson founded FORGE (Facilitating Opportunities for Refugee Growth and Empowerment) in 2003 when she was a 20 year-old junior studying public policy at Stanford University.

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Empowering Change: Caitlin Cohen of the Sigida Keneyali Project

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Below is an e-interview with another woman making a difference in Mali, Caitlin Cohen, one of two US coordinators of the Sigida Keneyali Project. If you know of a woman doing amazing, world changing work that you think I should interview, please email me at britt AT brittbravo DOT com. However, empowerment is what we strive to create.

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Taking Your Professional Development Global!

ASU Lodestar Center

When exploring your own professional development, I encourage you to think outside the box when it comes to identifying opportunities as well as ways to fund your experience. I was frequently called upon or volunteered my perspectives during sessions and was even asked to be interviewed on camera about my experience.

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Taking Your Professional Development Global!

ASU Lodestar Center

When exploring your own professional development, I encourage you to think outside the box when it comes to identifying opportunities as well as ways to fund your experience. I was frequently called upon or volunteered my perspectives during sessions and was even asked to be interviewed on camera about my experience.

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Mr. Jim Goes to Washington (and New York, and Nairobi, and Seoul, and Kampala, and Boston…)

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Interviewed several candidates for executive positions at Benetech. We’re a former grantee and we hope that our work and Gates funding priorities coincide again in the future. This time I had three agenda items for my conversations with congressional staff: Advocating for funding for special education.

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The Global Fund for Women: An Interview with Kavita Ramdas

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-Kavita Ramdas, President and CEO, Global Fund for Women. Kavita Ramdas is the President and CEO of the nonprofit, the Global Fund for Women. I had the opportunity to interview her on March 6th for the Big Vision Podcast, and have included an edited transcript of the interview below.

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